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Cuscuta reflexa
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Cuscuta reflexa Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 104. 1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 225. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 931(654). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 270. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 259. 1989; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 46. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 264. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 210. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 336. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 465. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 555. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Akasagarudakodi, Akasathamara, Akasavalli, Moodillathali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Dodder, Amar Bel
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Description:
Stout succulent twiners; stem up to 2.5 mm in diam., yellowish. Flowers sessile in lateral racemes. Calyx cupular, lobes herbaceous, c. 1.5 mm long, suborbicular. Corolla cream coloured, c. 7 mm across, 6-8 mm long, funnel-form; lobes ovate-triangular, erect. Stamens 5; filaments very short; corolla scale ovate to oblong, fimbriate. Ovary c. 2 mm long, conical, stigma acute. Capsule succulent, c. 5 mm across, globose-conical. Seeds 3-3.5 mm long, black.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Champakkad, Vellimala, Thannithode, Alleppey town, Kayamkulam, Pooyamkutty
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